BCL leader arrested for hitting a cop

A Chhatra League leader punched an on-duty constable in the nose and bloodied his face for stopping him from going inside an examination centre in Pabna's Santhia upazila yesterday.

Arman Hossain alias Manik, 22, secretary of Nagdemra union BCL, was arrested, police said.

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Inam Hasan, officer-in-charge of Santhia Police Station, said Arman tried to enter the centre at Sonatola High School around an hour after yesterday's Primary School Certificate (PSC) examination began. 

He, however, was stopped by Shafiqul Islam, constable of the police station. There, the two had an altercation and at one point, Arman hit Shafiqul in the face and fled, he said.

The constable was taken to Santhia Upazila Health Complex. He later filed a case against the BCL leader with the police station.

Police arrested Arman near his home in Nagdemra village later in the day.

Arman is a student of a private university in the capital. He is also a brother of Nagdemra Union Parishad Chairman Harunur Rashid, who is a ruling Awami League leader, police said.

The arrestee would be produced before the court today.